Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-06-21
THE ANARCHISTS MUST co.
Not Wanted BY the knights Of Labor.
GENERAL MASTER WORKMAN fowpERIY KxPIArSs
THE EXPULSION OF DISTRICT ASSEMBLY, NO. r,8,

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THE EXPULSION or DISTRICT ASSEMBLY NO. E,6.
General Master workman Powderly was asked
In Philadelphia Sunday for an expression concern.
ing the trouble between District Assembly No
l26, containing 10000 carpet weavers, which was
recently expelled from the order, and the general
executive board. 81 was not present." he replied
sat the time the board decided that expulsion was
the only remedy when the districts insuborcilna.
ton had really gone almost beyond human endur-
ance but after returned and heard all the evidence
was convinced that the board acted with Justice.
In regard TO any appeal that may be made by the
indictments to the general assembly feel sure
that the general assembly, N IL censures the
general board at ALL will censure us for not acting
In more haste and crushing the rebellion at once.
understand the whole animus OF this light ana
II is perfectly ridiculous for the expelled members
10 cry out that personal spite played an important
part In the decision OF the board
"As II, said Mr.. Powderly, with great earnest
ness, "a great movement for reform could be held
the rank and file OF the district assembly are and
there are, no doubt, good knights among them.
their leaders are violent men. men OF stamp that
we don't want In the order. Their sympathfzers
are the Western anarchisttc element and, n 1 am
rightly informed John Morrison himself is q MEM
per OF the International worklngmen's Associa-
ton, which is only another name for the red nag
and anarchism. The Knights OF Labor are at war
with such ideas, and we win not have them In our
Powderly, as he brought his cIenched INST down
with impressive force Ito purge the order OF this
violent element. These men cannot remain with
US any longer. The authorities have been too
lenient with them. hold that when such man
as Johann Most delivers inf1ammatory utterances
against life, liberty and property, encourages
boodshed, and eXhorts people TO follow the red.
handed example OF the seven Chicago muir.
derers, he ought 70 be put In prison and kept
there. We should not wait for some overt act
OF w1ckedness; his declarations are enough.
The remedy for all these troubles Is q greater
diffusion OF learning, ana IL Is the object OF my
life 10 see that every child In this land receives an
education Two methods OF the Knights will as
sist this: BY obtaining the parents Just wages
and by doing away with all child labor. am
going 10 work along with the whole order In this
direction. With the children educated on the
subjects that every citizen should be acQuain ted
with, one may expect a better Republic. free from
the cankers OF red -nagism. Again and again have
men written 10 me asking me TO declare that
property Is robbery and that there is no God.
have ever refused TO join with such men. They
were INSCRIPTIONS In exposing their own de-
signs one letter said II would express myself
converted to their ideas, then most of the
Knights would follow. That was their idea and
what then? They having sown the seeds OF dis
cord. hoped TO further a diabolical revolution and
10 found q society or atheistic anarchy. The
Knights OF Labor will never support such ideas.
Our only safety is by keeping such without the
pale OF our Order"